Amy Sherald Quotes

Just because someone said painting is dead doesn't mean that it's a fact or the truth - painting is the soul food of art, in a way.

Amy Sherald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 30, 1973

Topics

TruthArtFoodSoulPaintingSaid

Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.

Andrea Thompson

LifeSmileJourneyMeForwardFace

With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who are on the cover of every celebrity magazine but can't open a film.

Sienna Miller

PeopleActingCelebrityOpenFilm

I have been privileged to work for some of the most high-powered people in town. They pay me for my opinions, and I give those to them.

Robert Wilkie

WorkPeopleMeOpinionsPayGive

Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and during the week Harris was over to the house to talk my mother into letting me leave home.

Mary Lou Williams

MotherHomeMeNightWeekHouse

There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.

Mitch Leigh

FreedomMoreAnywhereThanEden

I did the plays in middle school. I was cast as a gate in my fourth grade play, and every year I got a bigger role. Then, in 7th grade, I played Smike in 'Nicholas Nickleby,' and the casting director saw me and asked me to audition for a movie. That movie led to me getting 'Moonrise Kingdom.'

Lucas Hedges

SchoolMeYearPlayDirectorGate

I am not one of those who thinks that Congress needs to be in session 24 hours a day interfering in peoples' lives.

Lois Frankel

DayI AmCongress24 HoursHours

As an improviser, my nature is to take a theme and constantly rework it.

Jason Moran

NatureThemeTakeConstantly

Our planet is warming dangerously.

Jose Angel Gurria

PlanetOurDangerouslyWarming

My life is essentially not so unique. On some deeper levels we feel the same, we know the same things. Therefore if I show my life 365 days, moments from those days, it will reflect and it will have connection with lives of all of us.

Jonas Mekas

LifeFeelMy LifeMomentsUnique

You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.

Denzel Washington

MomentsYouHappenLikeGrabAd

It's a story about victory that will touch the lives of everyone who watches it. It's powerful.

Derek Luke

VictoryStoryWatchesPowerfulWill

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